Smart Appliances, Stupid Owners story
In a mockumentary style, several different smart household appliances directly speak to the camera telling how their owners use them. Cast: Melissa Villaseñor, Ronny Chieng, Amy Sedaris, Kevin Hart, Josh Brener, Nat Faxon, Niecy Nash-Betts, Brett Goldstein Directed by: Patrick Osborne. Story by: John Scalzi.
9 total · 2 choice · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| AI point of view | choice | The story speculates about what various common household appliances would be thinking about their owners if they were both smart and human-like. |
| speculative smart object | choice | The story speculates about what various common household appliances would be thinking if they were both smart and human-like. |
| burglary | minor | A despairing security camera pondered asking the meth-heads to take it with them when they next arrived to burglarize the camera's careless owner's house. |
| disintegrating romantic relationship | minor | The embattled thermostat foresaw a divorce in the not-too-distant future. |
| divorce | minor | The embattled thermostat foresaw a divorce in the not-too-distant future. |
| drug abuse | minor | The security camera implied meth-heads were hiding nearby. The waffle iron implied that its owner was too busy smoking weed to make waffles. |
| poor personal hygiene | minor | Several objects made snide remarks about their owners' poor hygiene. |
| reincarnation | minor | The smart toilet despaired over its existence and wondered if it had been Stalin in a past life, implying that its current life was punishment for the dictator's sins. |
| sexual norms in society | minor | Two of the smart objects implied female masturbation. The shower head dreaded being used once again by a woman who hadn't had a date in years. A vibrating dildo said it would much rather watch Squid Games than perform its primary function once more. |